The Etherist—Season 3 Trailer: Ether Day Revisited

08/20/21 • 3 min

In this new season of “Anesthesiology News presents The Etherist,” we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the original Ether Day by looking back at the origin of anesthesiology as a modern medical specialty.

We will revisit those early days of discovery and innovation and the people who made it all possible, but we won’t stop with the history of anesthesia. This season we will also dive into the emergence of new research that has revealed the basic effects of how anesthetic drugs work in the first place.

Join us on this journey into the past as we uncover what those early pioneers of anesthesia knew and didn’t know as they made one of the most significant medical discoveries in history.

This new season of The Etherist will be available on Oct. 16, the 175th anniversary of Ether Day.

Sponsored by Masimo and Medtronic.

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Join us on this journey into the past as we uncover what those early pioneers of anesthesia knew and didn’t know as they made one of the most significant medical discoveries in history.

This new season of The Etherist will be available on Oct. 16, the 175th anniversary of Ether Day.

Sponsored by Masimo and Medtronic.

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‘Anesthesiology News Presents’: An Exclusive Interview with Jodi Kuhlman, MD, on Her Recovery from Fentanyl Addiction

In this exclusive feature of “Anesthesiology News Presents,” Jodi Kuhlman, MD, comes forward to share her story of fentanyl addiction and drug diversion for the very first time. Kuhlman’s story was first published anonymously in a feature in the women’s magazine Marie Claire, in 2019. She recently decided to come forward to share her story directly to bring more awareness about the dangers of drug abuse and addiction for anesthesiologists.

Kuhlman is an anesthesiologist in Calhoun, Ga. She has also partnered with IntelliGuard in a joint effort to advocate for better drug diversion practices and awareness in hospitals around the United States.

“Anesthesiology News Presents” is the podcast network for Anesthesiology News including “On the Case,” a behind-the-scenes look into the popular case reports published in the news magazine; “Ask the Experts,” an up-close and personal conversation series with some of the leading experts in the field; and “The Etherist,” the flagship series that delves into the key stories shaping the specialty in the past, present and future.

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The Etherist—Season 3 Prologue: No Laughing Matter

Before the discovery of ether anesthesia, surgery was an excruciating experience for patients, their loved ones and even the surgeons who performed the operations.

In the 1840s, an important scientific breakthrough changed the course of medical history—the discovery of anesthesia. However, over several decades leading up to that historic discovery, the potential for less painful surgery existed without anyone managing to connect the dots between a series of scientific developments with nitrous oxide and the need for anesthesia in surgery. Those decades presented a stark missed opportunity for all surgery patients of the time, and a true conundrum affectionately known as “laughing gas.”

In the prologue for season 3 of “Anesthesiology News presents The Etherist,” we delve into the decades-long conundrum of the coexistence of anesthesia—in the form of nitrous oxide and ether—and the continuation of painful surgery during the early 19th century.

Episode 1 of The Etherist will be available on Oct. 16, 2021—175 years after the original demonstration of ether anesthesia, now known as Ether Day.

Sponsored by Masimo and Medtronic.